Chat: When Mom won't leave home

About 20 countries are looking to ban minors from social media. But bans have not always worked as planned. Here are some other ideas to make platforms safer for kids.

The four-acre Franklin Slag Pile Superfund site contains a pile containing 68,000 cubic yards of covered slag.

The Chariot Allaire CEO emphasized in a town hall Wednesday that the partnership still wants to restore healthcare services in Delaware County but needs other organizations willing to operate there.

Rather than just managing symptoms, the Smilow Center for Precision Therapeutics aims to treat the underlying causes of heart disease, and eventually work toward cures.

The health department says the treatment is unproven, but studies in other cities have had promising results.

Two-thirds of measles cases in Pennsylvania have been among adults, a mirror opposite of how measles has typically spread. The state has the worst outbreak in the nation.

As we wish Pope Leo well, let’s think about the patients whose diagnoses will never make the news. Practical support should be part of how we care for people with lung cancer, writes John Matthews.

A study found a link between levels of fluorine, a marker for forever chemicals in the body, and the use of some dental flosses. More states are moving to regulate the chemicals.

He treated thousands of patients, including three generations of several families, and had offices in Philadelphia and South Jersey.

Hurts will probably need to be on blood thinners for at least three months, local experts say. People on these medicines generally cannot play contact sports because the risk of bleeding is high.

A patient who suddenly was experiencing new chest pain symptoms faced a three-month wait for an appointment. A primary-care doctor was able to arrange a next-day visit.

In hard-hit Mifflin County, concern for the potentially deadly virus has yet to catch up to national alarm.

As measles rises again, parents are concerned about their babies, who have been considered too young for their first dose of vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella. Is there help available?

More than 1,200 people have been sickened this year, and the state has confirmed five deaths linked to its largest measles outbreak in 35 years.

Superficial blood clots are clumps of blood that form in veins close to the skin surface. Treatment depends on where the blood clot is located.

GetCoveredNJ's Affordable Care Act plans are raising premiums on average by nearly 20% next year, higher than in Pennsylvania and the national average. Open enrollment begins Nov. 1.

Medicare experts recommend reviewing your coverage, including preferred doctors and medication lists.

The new rule and ongoing investigations of hospitals, including Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Nemours Children's Health, have intensified fear, transgender rights advocates say.

Winds could gust to 40 mph Friday. Then big changes are coming.

Niki Mailata and Brooke Dickerson surprised shoppers in South Philadelphia to promote Target's new line of Eagles merch: “It really just adds a sense of self creativity and reflection.”

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro have opposing ideological views on issues ranging from U.S.-Brazil relations and climate change to social welfare.

The Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department was flooded with about 800 angry calls from people who had seen video of the incident, demanding to know why no one had been arrested.

the U.S. Embassy accused Canadian officials of meeting with Democratic lawmakers, urging the use of retaliatory levies to hit Republican states, and running anti-tariff political advertising.

Kim’s visit to China is his latest move in an increasingly assertive foreign policy as he seeks to align Pyongyang with Beijing and Moscow in a united front against the United States.

Nobel laureate María Corina Machado announced her return in a social media post, then appeared at a church.